To give you an idea my wife's brand new timberline was rubbed by a car with white paint, no damage to the timberline other than paint transfer I literally just buff it off with water and a microfiber cloth and just a dab of rubbing compound, less than 5 minutes of work, then just cleaned it and applied some more ceramic to that area. Our dealership includes a 7 yr ceramic coating on all new purchases that's why I have it
Exactly. Have it on the front of my truck all the way to A pillars and 10% or roof line. That said, its a year old and haven’t gone off roading yet. Need to do this for sure next season.
hunting in northern Minnesota. Polish with a good wax every year. I bought it to use it. Have fun and Drive it like you stole it 
ceramic will come off more easily than you’d think. Yeah, you want a virgin surface when adding stripping but you can remove ceramic by claying the area.
Yep, waxes and sealants do the same with less durability. Just an optical thing.
100% agreedCeramic coating is not nearly as strong as most consumers have been led to believe with advertising and dealerships. I was very into detailing several years ago. Dealerships selling “7yr ceramic coatings” is a bit optimistic. First, a coating is only as good as the surface preparation, and then the maintenance of the coating after application. I highly doubt a dealer is going through the correct and meticulous steps to prepare the surface. Even if they hire a professional contracted detailer, and the owner takes care to wash the paint correctly, 7years is an “selling talk” and means under perfect conditions in a lab. Ceramic coatings are not apply and forget. Throw daily driving conditions and other factors like automatic car washes, or using dish soap to wash, and the coating will be gone in 6months, maybe less. Simple claying/surface decontamination will remove ceramic coatings. Albeit I have not studied up on the latest tech advances in ceramic coatings, I would find it hard to believe it has advanced that dramatically, but I could be wrong.
The kind of “scratching” a ceramic coating prevents is mainly marring and swirling induced by less than ideal washing/drying techniques, hard water, etc. …if you are an OCD detailer and want a show car finish.
To summarize, I’d be very skeptical of promises that say a ceramic coating will protect from “scratching” while off roading. It can theoretically help because it is another layer over the surface. The only real prevention is keeping objects and environmental conditions from touching the surface at all, including our intent to clean said surface.
. I found out the hard way. FORD in house ECKBOND does a beautiful job but scratches aren't covered. I hate to say it but if you really want to use your Raptor or Tremor for what the off road gear/kit and modes are designed for but you can't stand scratches and going in the dirt and getting it dirty you probably should have just bought a PLATINUM. This is coming from a guy who had the very first EcoBoost 2011 platinum on 35s on stock rims and I used the living crap out of it! There really is no reason to have all of those driving modes and a Torsen electronic locking front differential if you want to off-road it and if you are going to off-road it you're definitely going to scratch the s*** out of your truck. Yeah you can buff out the Arizona pinstripe no problem! But who cares when you are going fishing and offroading. I asked my wife if she was worried about me keeping my truck pretty and she said "Oh no just as long as that thing works wherever we take it" and it's been game on ever since. Once you get enough scratches on your truck you can learn how to do a wide turn on the loose buildup around a sagebrush and just ride the top of it if you're really worried about scratches but without practice you're not going to get that good at it and that means getting scratches 
Now it’s truly one of a kind.I got my first “damage” last night
Getting out of the truck in my garage, as I turned and made my way out, my EDC knife was in my right pocket on my side and the lanyard loop ran across the bottom of my steering wheel. At least it’s on the bottom. Wish I would’ve had easy exit option on now.
